Laura Money is Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer of Sun Life. In this role, Laura oversees all aspects of Information Technology including strategy, architecture, infrastructure, development and applications. She is passionately committed to advancing digital transformation and innovation to support Sun Life’s Clients and business partners. Prior to Sun Life, Laura held senior IT roles at a major Canadian bank. In these roles, Laura led the technology development and support of corporate functions and enterprise-wide capabilities and transformations, working with diverse teams to support Clients and business partners. She also oversaw and delivered the initiatives required to transform key client processes across all channels. Laura has over 30 years of experience in Canadian, American and British Financial Institutions, having worked with Accenture in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., and in several executive business and technology roles at two Canadian banks. Laura graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Industrial Engineering, earned an MBA from INSEAD and recently completed the Rotman/ICD Director’s Education Program to earn her ICD.D designation. Laura serves as a board member for the Canadian Cancer Society – Ontario, Vice President of the University of Toronto Schools Alumni Association, and is on the Board of Opera Atelier. Laura represents Canada internationally as a member of Age Group Team Canada for Standard Distance Triathlon. She is also an avid marathon and ski mountaineering racer. Laura has three children and lives with her husband in Toronto. Less   View all posts

Dr. Vince Kellen currently serves as the chief information officer for the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), as well as a member of the Chancellor's Cabinet, and vice chancellor and chief financial officer's senior management team. UCSD is recognized as a top 15 university world-wide and 7th best public university in the world, with over $1 billion in annual research funding, 34,000 students, 16 Nobel laureates who have taught on its campus and 161 faculty with national Academy memberships. Dr. Kellen brings a rare combination of academic, business and IT strategy experience to his role, with a focus on transformational leadership within IT, applying leading edge approaches to current business challenges. His twenty-five years of executive-level information technology experience offers a proven track record of successfully integrating innovative applications of information technology into all aspects of teaching, learning, and student success. These innovations have resulted in markedly improved efficiencies and enhanced learning environments, as well as fruitful, collaborative relationships with researchers, faculty, staff, and students across all levels of higher education and the world. Dr. Kellen formerly served as the senior vice provost of Analytics and Technologies for the University of Kentucky, one of the top public research institutions and academic medical centers in the US., where his areas of responsibility included institutional research and analytics, enterprise software, research computing, academic technology, IT infrastructure and cloud services, and supporting the university’s 17 colleges, 30,000 students, and 14,000 faculty and staff. Prior to that role, he held the position of chief information officer for three years. In advance of arriving to the University of Kentucky, Dr. Kellen was invited to join the Cutter Consortium, a premier information technology industry think-tank of 150 experts from across the world, both as a fellow and senior consultant. He also served as vice president of Information Systems at DePaul University for five years before joining the University of Kentucky. Dr. Kellen has contributed in an advisory capacity for key organizations in higher education, including Educause, Internet2, and the APLU (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. He has also served on advisory boards to top IT companies such as Dell, SAP, Microsoft, AT&T, Apple, and Blackboard, where he has consulted on business and IT strategies, IT organizational development, customer experience management, customer retention management (CRM), and data warehousing and analytics. Dr. Kellen co-hosted with IT futurist, Thornton May, “The CIO Practicum”, a regional Kentucky CIO forum. He is the author of four books on database technology, and author of more than 250 articles and presentations on IT and business strategy topics. Dr. Kellen is a recipient of the coveted CIO Magazine “Top 100” award in 2007 and 2014, was one of InformationWeek’s “Chiefs of the Year” in 2013, received the Computerworld “Honors Laureate” award in 2013, and was one of four recipients selected globally for Dell’s 2012 “Transformational CIO” award. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science (human-computer interaction), an M.S. degree in e-commerce, and a B.A. degree in communications from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Less   View all posts

Aref Matin joined John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in 2018 as the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this role, Mr. Matin is responsible for driving innovation, strategy and growth to the organization by developing world-class products and services to serve Wiley’s global customers in the education and research sectors. Under his leadership, Wiley’s technology organization has transformed to respond to the rapid changes in the industry. Prior to his tenure at Wiley, Mr. Matin served as Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President at Ascend Learning, where he was responsible for all technology and led the development of a highly successful set of customer-centric products and platforms. Previously, Mr. Matin held senior leadership positions at Pearson Global Education Services, TomTom, and Siemens, and started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mr. Matin holds a MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from Northrop University and certification from the Executive Business Leadership Program at Yale University. Less   View all posts

Chris Panagiotopoulos serves as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for LifeBridge Health. LifeBridge Health, a $2B in revenue not for profit system, consists of Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Grace Medical Center and its subsidiaries and affiliated units, with nearly 12,000 employees and a vast physician network, LifeBridge Health provides patients with a continuum of care as a partner for lifelong health. As one of the largest and most comprehensive providers of health-related services to the people of Maryland, LifeBridge Health has the technology, skills and expertise of an academic system with the warmth and personal attention of a community continuum of care. Chris is chairman of the Privacy Security Committee for CRISP, Maryland’s State Health Information Exchange (HIE), serves on the Loyola University of Maryland Advisory Board and is a Maryland Health Information System Society (HIMSS) past president. He holds his Masters in Engineering and BS in Chemistry from the Loyola University of Maryland. Prior to joining LifeBridge Health, Chris Panagiotopoulos served as Vice President of Technology for Sylvan Learning Centers, a pre-K thru 12 education services company, where he directed the application and technology needs for over 1,000 learning centers. He also served as the Vice President for World Duty Free, a leader in the retail travel industry, where he managed the technology for the division’s international operations. Mr. Panagiotopoulos has also held information technology positions at Texas Instruments and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Less   View all posts

As President & Global Delivery Head at Cigniti Technologies, Raghuram Krovvidy heads Delivery across all geographies and verticals for Cigniti. A seasoned veteran leader with 20+ years of experience, he has held different leadership positions in areas of Test Program/Project Management, Test Innovation & Transformations, Test Strategy & Assessments and led large testing practices at Accenture, AppLabs, IRIS Digital & NIIT. He has rich experience in setting up testing teams, building test leadership and managing global testing practices. Raghu is an active & influential speaker in different Testing Conferences, including STC, TestWest. Less   View all posts